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March 1, 2020

March is a period of transition. The month straddles two seasons, a part-time resident in the ass-end of winter and a temporary tenant within the burst and bloom brought on by spring. As the season changes and ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: February 2020

February 29, 2020

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup. LPs AND EPs OF NOTE American Bandit / Garden Home - The Valentine's Split The Valentin...

My First Band: Sid McCain (WMSE)

February 28, 2020

Sid McCain has spent most of her life immersed in music. Since falling in love with hardcore music while attending boarding school in North Carolina, McCain—who currently works at 91.7 WMSE—has had an undying p...

321 Friday fish frys and counting: Villa Tap (Madison)

Caleb Westphal

February 28, 2020

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion ma...

Here’s the lineup for Burnhearts and Solemn Oath’s Folk House Kegger

February 27, 2020

UPDATE (3/13/2020): As a precautionary measure done in effort to limit the spread of coronavirus, Burnhearts and Solemn Oath have decided to postpone Folk House Kegger until further notice. ••• Earlier this m...

And the 2020 WAMI nominees are…

February 27, 2020

Who's got WAMI fever? Thursday morning, the folks behind the Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards unveiled the nominees for their 40th annual shindig, set for Sunday, April 19 at Turner Hall Ballroom. Covering ...

On this day in 1963: Lake Michigan freezes over (maybe)

February 27, 2020

We're no meteorologists and/or "Weather Experts," but this winter has been remarkably mild. And hey, we'll take it! But even so, there's a question that always pops into our heads around this time of year: Is i...

McBob’s, other businesses will donate money to families affected by Molson Coors shooting

February 26, 2020

In the wake of Wednesday's mass shooting at the Molson Coors campus, several Milwaukee-area businesses (and musicians) have announced fundraisers to help the families affected by the tragedy. Here are those bus...

Public Domain: Horseshoes & Hand Grenades perform “Old Man, Can Your Dog Catch A Rabbit”

February 26, 2020

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The music video series features musicians adapting some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been heard before. Watch the entire series here....

Co-opted activism, meddling adults get sent up in Highland Community School’s ‘Justice For Pluto’

February 26, 2020

"The irony of this one is that it's all about using children as props to further your agenda. If I'm not careful, I could be doing the same thing." Those aren't the typical concerns of a performing arts dire...

Khris Middleton autographed a can of Hamm’s

February 26, 2020

It's a fun time to be following the Milwaukee Bucks. Last night, the team won its 50th game of the season—the most in the NBA by a pretty wide margin—and became the fastest team in league history to clinch a pl...

Fasten your seatbelts for the 2020 Diorama-Rama, coming to Lakefront Brewery March 31

February 26, 2020

Among its many oddities—beer, the Bronze Fonz, Bob Uecker—Milwaukee is home to the world's first museum diorama. In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony diorama f...

Dear Bucks: Please remake this 1993 “Dear Blue Edwards” commercial, but with Giannis

February 26, 2020

It's been an incredible season so far for the Milwaukee Bucks, what with the earliest playoff clinch in NBA history and signed tallboys of Hamm's and all. Clearly, other than winning the championship in June, t...

Reigning Sound returns to Milwaukee with original lineup, fond memories

Andy Turner

February 25, 2020

Just 21 years old and a little overwhelmed, Jordan Davis found himself on stage as a member of the Mystery Girls at the Cactus Club, opening for Reigning Sound. It was Sept. 12, 2003, and Reigning Sound was Dav...

7 Leap Day events in Milwaukee

February 25, 2020

Leap Year. Due to an oversight in the Gregorian calendar thousands of years ago, Western civilization is still granted a 29th day in February once every four years. It’s been said that every day is a gift, but—...

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds will return to Miller High Life Theatre September 18

February 25, 2020

Yep: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds will return to the Miller High Life Theatre on Friday, September 18. The group last played the venue (then known as the Milwaukee Theatre) in 2014—their first headlining Milwauk...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Central Library has been an incomparable, important public resource since 1898

February 24, 2020

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and exp...

Ed O’Brien (guitarist for very popular and influential band) will play Turner Hall May 29

February 24, 2020

It's something we can all relate to: You're a member of a wildly successful and influential alternative rock band and you want to record and tour behind a solo album. Your name may not be as well known as the n...

Black Husky Brewing will host a fundraiser for women beer professionals on March 8